The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-21
NEWS AND NOTES.

MOnltenr. is dead.
The Dntchcss Of Cumberland is re-
covering her reason.
An anti-prohibition convention will
be held at Dallas. Tex, May 4,
Cincinnati contractors have acceded
to the demand of the striking carpcn-
tiers.
The closing of the mortgage may be
called the end Of cnt.-Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
The Labor party Of Chicago is max
ing a determined effort to onst the
Socialist element.
A little over three-fourtns of an aver
age yield is expected from the great
wheat belt Of Illinois.
Count Herbert Bismarck is mentioned
rs special envoy charged with the
completion of the Austro-German-
Italian alliance.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fc
Railway Company win build up an in
dustrial town on the Pullman model
near Kansas City.
Col. Fred Grants resemblance to his
father increases with his years. He is
said to resemble his father also in his
fondness for smoking.
Miss Braddon. the English novelist,
receives $4,000 for every serial story.
and rs much more for the cheap cdi-
tions that follow the completion.
Mr.. David Clark Of Hartford has
given to the Hartford Hospital and Old
Peoples Home farm of los acres near
the city. The gift is valued at $4,000.
Mrs. Reagan writes to = friend in
Washington that the Senator was not
seriously injured bv the accident that
recently befcll him, and is now able to
walk about.
II is stated that the exposure Of
freight-train robbing on the Panhandle
Railroad will be followed by those on
the Pennsylvania. the Baltimore u
Ohio, and other lines.
Father Anderledy. the successor Of
Father Beckx rs the Superior General
Of the Jesuits. is noted for his skill Us
Il linguist. lie speaks and writes all
important languages with facility.
Kaiser Wilhelm was greatly disap-
pointed as not being asked TO recent
party given by Count Radolinky at
which his granddaughter. Princess Vic
toria. appeared in the g,,ise Of .Yum-
YUM"
Ex-senator Davis of Virginia. now
worth $4,000, 900, was once railway
brakeman. Now had he been con-
ductor in 1.-the good old days there
would be nothing remarkable in the
story.
d. Edgar Grouse, the heir of John
Grouse, the late Syracuse millionaire.
evidently does not know what to do
with his money. He i to build a
stable OH his place in that city costing
$l25 900.
+. .. Williams. a Chicago banker
has purchased IA, 900 acres of land in
Tehama County, Cal. and is going
there to live. He tells San Francisco
reporter that California is only just
being discovered.
Oscar Wildc's mother is in no i'm
mediate danger of the poor-honse, as
recently reported. She entertains
handsomely, at her London residence,
and her latest work. Irish Folklore
and Fairies will yield her 5000 to
$4,000.
+, j. c.Lucky') Baldwin recently
told a San Francisco reporter that he
owns $4,000 acres Of land, aud is will
ing to sell 5000 acres upon the outlying
borders Of his ranch for 5000 per acre.
Strangely enough the reporter did not
purchase.
A. $. Barber has been Postmaster oi
Alameda, Cal, since 1854. When he
was iirs, appointed there were not 4
half. dozen families on the peninsula
and the post-oilice was most generally
in his hat He is not only the first
but the only Postmaster Alameda cvel
had.
Mr.. Charles II. Sprint Of Baltimore
has in his possession Il curious old cop,
Of George Washington's will. 1t WI,
printed in Alexander in 1900. and con
sists of thirty odd clearly printed. bu1
time-stained. pages. 1t makes very in
teresting reading and is curiou,
| souvenir.
Joseph Rabbit, fireman at til,
| Courthouse in st. Louis, has fallen hei
to $4,000, 900 by the death of his un
Gle. also named Joseph Rabbit. ut Mel
Bourne Australia. This is Il speoiessso
Australian Rabbit whose rapid mul
tiplication would be immensely popu
lar in this country.
James Blaikie of St. Paul, has yer,
fine cat t's-eye stone which was once tn
property of George IL. Of England
The ring came into the possession 0
Blaikie's family by legal process. to
gethcr with 4 star and garter set wit
the same stones. and at one time tn
property of the property of the Englis
monarch,
| The Rev. Richard Il. Highleyman Q
Sedalia, Mo-. has been lined $40 an
costs, amounting in all to $50, for fol
cibly kissing Mrs. Laura Huddleso
and playfully pulling her ears. Di,
gusted with this legal interference th
gentleman Immediately resigned fror
the ministry and will return 10 his ol
trade Of ear BUILDER.
The Seneca Nation of Indians ha
brought suit in the New York Suprenl
Conrt claiming title to about 10000
acres of land in Erie and adjoinin
counties in New York on the groun
that the treaty Of 1926 was not prope
ly ratified, and that, being the war.
of the Nation, the time which h;
elapsed is no bar to action.
The complications caused by the Il
ter-State Commerce act are alread
having an injurious effect upon some
; the Pittsburg iron-mill>. One firm ha
|, 4 large contract for sheet-iron to
shipped to California, but freight rat,
have been 50 increased rs to intcrfel
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